Northern Star hits gold at Midway

A drilling program by Northern Star Mining (nsm-v) is testing new and known targets at the Midway gold property near Val d’Or, Quebec.The best hole of the program, 04-24, returned encouraging results from the Midway zone, notably 0.41 oz. gold per tonne over 41.5 ft., including 0.69 oz. gold over 21.8 ft. These intervals are within a 77.4-ft. intersection that graded 0.24 oz. gold per ton, which in turn includes 32 ft. of low-grade, ultramafic rock. The company’s work program is focused on a small portion of the Midway project, which is situated between the two production shafts of the past-producing, Malartic Goldfields mine complex.The 50,000-ft program is aimed at discovering new zones, and at testing for extensions of known mineralization along strike and down-dip.Northern Star notes that its current program, initiated late last year, has resulted in the discovery of six new zones, which combined with the four previously known zones, brings the total to ten.Gold mineralization at the property is primarily found in roughly ovoid-shaped gabbroic and mafic lenses within ultramafic rocks of the Cadillac Break. Lower-grade mineralization is present in porphyry intrusives, thought to be the controlling structures of the gold mineralization. During the recent program, the company identified the presence of a previously unknown intrusive and plans to test this target.